In the normal course of events and barring any major disaster, shipping's biggest impact on the environment comes from the main and auxiliary engines in the form of exhaust gases.rnThree products - nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides and particulate matter - can be reasonably considered as polluting, while CO_2 probably is not but is viewed by most regulators as a good enough reason to impose restrictions and taxes on the industry.
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